87. ASCLEPIADEE: CYNANCHER. 103 
breviter petiolata, subcoriacea, anguste lanceolata, 2-4 poll. longa, 
acuta, basi cuneata, venis primariis lateralibus 3—4 inconspicuis. 
Flores purpurei (Hancock), circiter 4 lineas diametro, in pseudo- 
umbellas parvas axillares breviter pedunculatas dispositi, pedi- 
cellis gracilibus leviter puberulis 3-5 lineas longis; calyx glaber, 
alte 5-fidus, intus 10-glandulosus, segmentis ovato-lanceolatis 
subacutis, corolla dimidio brevioribus; corolla glabra, subrotata, 
segmentis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis; coronæ processus 5, 
ampli, tubo stamineo adnati, carnosi, lateraliter compressi; pollinia 
pendula; ovarium glabrum ; stigma vertice depressum, muticum. 
Folliculi acuminati, leves, glabri, 14-2 poll. longi; semina longe 
comosa. 
CHIHLI: on sandy banks in and along the river Huuho, very 
rare (Hancock !). Herb. Kew. 
This differs from P. chinense, Bunge, in the shorter broader 
leaves and wholly lateral inflorescence. 
(55 1. Holostemma sinense, Hemsl., n. sp. - ae . 
Frutex scandens, ramulis floriferis teretibus graciliusculis vo- 
lubilibus primum unifariam puberulis. Folia papyracea vel fere 
membranacea, graciliter petiolata, profunde cordato-ovata, absque 
petiolo 3-4 poll. longa, leviter sinuata, abrupte breviterque 
acuminata, subtus glauca; petiolus pollicaris. Flores albi, fra- 
grantes (Henry), 6-8 lineas diametro,in cymas parvas panicu- 
liformes pedunculatas quam folia breviores dispositi, breviter 
pedicellati, pedunculis pedicellis calycibusque puberulis ; calycis 
segmenta ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata vix acuta, corolla 
dimidio brevior; corolle subrotatm lobis latis ; corona brevis, 
distincte 5-lobata; antherw crustacew. Folliculi ignoti. 
Huren : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 
3992, 2755 !). Herb. Kew. ERE 
The corona of this plant is somewhat intermediate in character 
between that of Holostemma and that of Graphistemma, and it 
is doubtful whether the latter genus should be maintained. Dr. 
Henry’s 2755 is apparently a starved condition. 
l. Graphistemma pictum, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 
p. 760. 4. 
Holostemma pictum, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. v. p. 53; Benth, 
Fl. Hongk. p. 924; Walp. Aun. v. p. 501. 
